The Oregon Legislature convened Monday morning for a five-week legislative session in which high-profile debates on gun control, marijuana regulation and the replacement of the Interstate 5 bridge could define coming weeks.

Rep. Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, noted Komp’s accomplishments, including rising out of poverty after being born into a family of 14 children, graduating from college and working as a teacher.

“Anybody who’s been the principal of a middle school can probably deal with the 60 of us,” Buckley said.

The afternoon will be marked by a smattering of committee hearings. Lawmakers will discuss pay inequality, whether corrections officers should be allowed to store firearms in their vehicles, as well as a bill that would provide a technical fix to laws governing death certificates.